Here Is Home: How to Decorate an Apartment Rented for a Short Business Trip

Hello World! Welcome Friends!  The corporate housing market is on the rise.  Indeed, its market-value rose by 13% last year to an impressive $3.62 billion.

Clearly, more and more people are moving into short term rental accommodation for business purposes. It may sound ideal! After all, a fully furnished space, paid for by your employer?

Surely it doesn’t get better than that!?

Well, unfortunately, not all of these spaces are the height of luxury. Furthermore, it’s often harder to feel at home when you haven’t decorated and kitted out the property yourself. You’re in town for some time but may struggle to really settle in.

Thankfully, this doesn’t have to be the case. A few decorative steps can go a long way! Do you want to feel more comfortable in your corporate rental accommodation?

Read on for 7 tips on how to decorate an apartment designed for business stays.

1. Add a Rug

You’re decorating a pre-furnished space.

Many decisions have been taken out of your hands.

However, there are certain spaces where you can stake your decorative claim. The floor spaces are generally one of them.

Chances are, whoever decorated before you covered the basics. There’ll be carpets or hardwood flooring. But nothing else! Adding a rug in a color and style you like is an easy way of adding your personality to a room.

It can immediately liven up the space and make it feel more homely.

Nicely, it’ll cost a bare minimum to do.

2. Hang New Curtains

The windows are other prime corporate accommodation (FYI, here are some more details on this sort of accommodation) real-estate to play with.

Remember, these spaces are designed to cater for almost everyone’s tastes. As a result, the decoration is designed to appeal to the masses. They’ll probably be generic (aka boring), in order to satisfy the largest number of people possible.

Curtains or blinds are a prime example of this. They’ll do the job, for sure. But they’re unlikely to be anything more than average materials of neutral colors.

Try swapping them out for new ones in your bid to feel at home. Just as the rug can enliven the floor space and add your own personal touch, so can the curtains.

3. Install New Light Fittings

Light fixtures make a disproportionate amount of difference to a living space.

Practically speaking, they affect the quality and quantity of light in the room. Aesthetically, they can be a major feature that draws the eye and elicits a welcoming and stylish feel.

Unfortunately, furnished homes generally misfire on the light fixtures. They’ll probably be bland and boring.

That provides you with another great opportunity to spice things up. Head down to the local homeware store and find your own.

Now, there may be limitations with what you can do. Some fixtures require an electrician to alter. Others require actual structural changes that the landlord may not allow.

However, there’s nothing stopping you swapping out old light shades. Experiment with new shapes, styles, and colors. This is an easy way to add a whole new atmosphere to the room.

4. Rearrange the Space

This is the most basic method of making the space feel more personalized.

Rearrange what’s already there!

The current layout may have suited the past tenants. But you may require something altogether different. Again, it’s a small amount of effort to cultivate a home you feel comfortable in.

Reposition the sofas. Move the table into the kitchen. Place the bookshelves against a new wall. Heck, why not swap entire rooms around?! You might want a bedroom where the current living room is. Play around with different options until you find the right layout for you.

5. Purchase Fabric Throws & Covers

Rugs and new curtains both lend your personality to a property.

Throws and covers can do exactly the same.

They can completely transform otherwise ordinary furnishings. Putting a lush, colorful-looking throw over a generic-looking sofa (maybe with a few complementary cushions on top) bring new life to it. Equally, hanging fabrics over the walls can bring a greater sense of warmth.

Again, it doesn’t cost much to do either.

6. Buy New Bedding

The bedroom is a focal point of the property.

You want to enjoy going to bed every night! There’s nothing quite like your own bed. Alas, in a corporate apartment, your actual bed might be miles away.

This new one may do nothing for you. Now, comfort is one thing. Changing the mattress might make a practical difference in your quality of sleep. But that’ll be expensive.

An easy way to update the aesthetic side of things is to buy new bedding! This is like decoration 101. It’s a basic step that can make an enormous difference.

Purchase some new sheets, pillowcases, and duvet-cover to match your needs and preferences. The right color and fabric can turn bed-time from a chore to a delight!

7. Upgrade the Paintwork

Right, get ready for a contentious suggestion:

Give the place a fresh lick of paint. The current one may be doing nothing for you.

Painting the walls is arguably the cheapest and easiest way of revolutionizing the home. You can transform and modernize it in one fell swoop. However, the landlord may have a thing or two to say about it.

Remember, you won’t be there forever. Whatever paintwork you do must fall in line with the landlord’s requirements. If they’re unsure, then offer to repaint before you leave!

That said, you might find them all too happy for you to repaint. They’re busy people and may have been meaning to do it themselves. Agree on a color, and get painting!

Final Thoughts on How to Decorate an Apartment for Business

There you have it: exactly how to decorate an apartment for business stays.

Increasing numbers of people are finding themselves in furnished accommodation for business-related purposes. And, though it may sound ideal. The practical aspect of living in a home you haven’t designed and decorated can make it hard to settle in.

Thankfully, as we’ve seen, it doesn’t have to stay that way! A few simple decorative steps can make a major difference. Hopefully, this post has given you some ideas on how to do it.

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